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Guns Were Much More Strictly Regulated in the 1920s and 1930s than They Are Today

by Robert J. Spitzer

For those who look to America’s past to extol a time when nothing stood between an American and a gun, they need to look again.

Corporate Welfare Fails to Deliver the Jobs: The Sad Case of Start-Up NY

by Lawrence S. Wittner

At a cost of tens of millions of dollars, it created just 76 jobs. Governor Cuomo should have created public sector jobs instead. There’s a tradition for doing so.

The One Good Thing that Could Come from the Explosion in the Allergic Reaction to Peanuts

by Matthew Smith

It has to do with the weird history of allergies.

The Frightening Parallels between 19th Century American Slavery and 21st Century Sex Trafficking

by Calvin Schermerhorn

Many of the ways present-day sex traffickers do business would look familiar to slave traders supplying “fancy maids” -- females sold for sexual exploitation -- to buyers in the South.

Historians Should Stop Being Embarrassed by Our Wars

by Vaughn Davis Bornet, Ph.D., Cdr (USNR, ret)

A Memorial Day plea from one historian who served.

The Surprising Thing Baptists and Muslims Have in Common

by Barry Hankins

One of the consequences of a pro-gay marriage ruling by the Supreme Court is that Baptists may find themselves in the same boat as Muslims who want to live by Sharia law.

Which Ronald Reagan Are the GOP Presidential Candidates Embracing?

by David Sehat

Is it the one who said he wanted to cut the debt or the one who actually left us with a bigger debt?

What the Wizard of Oz Can Teach Us About Inequality in the 21st Century

by James Robenalt

Income inequality, as we all know, is getting worse by the year. Frank Baum understood the threat this poses to democracy.

Yes, Congress Has a Role in Foreign Affairs

by Kevin R. Kosar

After Senate Republicans signed a letter to Iran critics howled that Congress was trying to usurp the president’s role in foreign policy. The critics are wrong.

The Conservative War on the Humanities

by Andrew Hartman

Defenders of the humanities are voices in the wilderness. The philistines are on the march.

Just the Facts: What You Need to Know About the BDS Movement

by Alexander S. Collie

Social justice or academic censorship? Anti-Israel or Pro-Palestine? These are some of the questions that must be grappled with by those who are engaged in the intellectual battle over the Boycott, Divesting, and Sanctioning movement.

President Obama Said “We Must Not Feign Concern and Then Go About Business as Usual.” Here’s How He Could Address the Baltimore Riot’s Root Causes.

by Michael McQuillan

He asserted in his first Presidential campaign that “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” Now we are waiting on him.

This Is One Reason Why Places Like Ferguson and Baltimore Have Become Explosive

by Richard Rothstein

It's because of a history of government-sponsored segregation. 

The Mantra of the Industrial Revolution that’s Hobbling the Knowledge Economy

by Mark Powell and Jonathan Gifford

The pernicious persistence of Taylorism.

Why Learning from History Means Saying No to Rigid Ideologies

by Walter G. Moss

Believers in rigid ideologies can’t see the reality in front of their eyes.

In Defense of Flip-Flopping

by David O. Stewart

What’s so wrong about admitting you were wrong?

What the Debate Over Gay Marriage Shows

by Amy Kittelstrom

It’s time to rewrite the history of the culture wars.

Does King’s Dream Delude Us?

by Mike McQuillan

What a sixty-two year old man wonders after attending a conference on race in Richmond.

This Is What Else Harold Stassen Should Be Remembered for

by Steve Werle

He helped show in 1948 how you could use primaries to get around boss-run conventions.

Whatever Happened to the Environmental Movement?

by Mark Stoll

The surprising answer is that it’s lost its Presbyterian leaders.